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Update Aegisub build recommendation
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FichteFoll authored Oct 31, 2023
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Here is a list of tools you will want to download:

- [Aegisub][]
- It is **highly** recommended to use [CoffeeFlux's builds][][^1] which
include Dependency Control and several *critical*
fixes to Aegisub that have not been merged into the official
application.
- It is **highly** recommended to use [arch1t3cht's fork][],
which includes Dependency Control,
several *critical* fixes ,
several new features,
and is in general the most actively maintained fork.
- If you are, for some reason, interested in the history of Aegisub
and the recent-ish forks,
you can read about it
in a somewhat up-to-date
[article on some Fansubbing Wiki][fansub-wiki-aegisub].
- A font manager
- Not all font managers are equal. Choose the one that works the
best for you. Some important features might include:
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- [Suitcase Fusion][]
- Software for motion-tracking
- [Mocha Pro standalone app][]
- Look for it on *certain websites*.
- Look for it on *certain websites*.
- On Windows, Mocha **requires** [Quicktime][] to be installed.
More information can be found [here][quicktimeFAQ].
- [x264 binary][][^2]
- [x264 binary][]
- Download the latest binary for your platform. (`x264-r3015-4c2aafd` at the time of this edit.)
- [Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator][]
- Look for it on *certain websites*.
- Look for it on *certain websites*.
- Alternatively, free software like
[Gimp][] and
[Inkscape][] may be used in some
circumstances.

[Aegisub]: http://www.aegisub.org
[Nexusfont]: http://www.xiles.net
[Aegisub]: https://aegisub.org/
[Nexusfont]: https://www.xiles.app/
[FontBase]: https://fontba.se/
[MainType]: https://www.high-logic.com/font-manager/maintype
[Suitcase Fusion]: https://www.extensis.com/products/font-management/suitcase-fusion/
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[Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator]: https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud.html
[Gimp]: https://www.gimp.org
[Inkscape]: https://inkscape.org/en/
[CoffeeFlux's builds]: https://thevacuumof.space/builds/
[arch1t3cht's fork]: https://github.com/arch1t3cht/Aegisub/releases
[fansub-wiki-aegisub]: https://fansubbers.miraheze.org/wiki/Aegisub


## Configuring Aegisub
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visit [Maxime Lebled's blog](../archived-websites/bt601-vs-bt709.md),
but the gist of it is this:
BT.601 is for Standard Definition video
and BT.709 is for High Definition video[^3].
and BT.709 is for High Definition video[^1].

Manually setting the script to BT.601 could
**irreversibly ruin the colors of any typesetting,
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### The "Subtitles Provider"

The recommended build of Aegisub comes pre-equipped with libass,
The recommended build of Aegisub comes pre-equipped with [libass][],
so no manual settings change is needed.
The following is a brief history of subtitle renderers.

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However, VSFilter,
and its derivatives xy-vsfilter and xySubFilter,
only support Windows operating systems.
They have often been used in codec packs[^4] for
They have often been used in codec packs[^2] for
players we don't recommend,
such as [MPC-HC][].

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---

[^1]: A long outstanding bug has made the recent versions of Aegisub unstable.
The latest stable version as of writing this, r8903+1,
can be found on [GoodJobMedia's website][].

[^2]: 32-bit builds on Windows may be more stable.

[^3]: For further reading on this,
[^1]: For further reading on this,
visit the Wikipedia pages for [Standard Definition][] video,
[High Definition][] video,
and the [BT.601][] and [BT.709][] color spaces.

[^4]: With the development of [mpv][],
[^2]: With the development of [mpv][],
codec packs and player add-ons are no longer required.

[Standard Definition]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-definition_television
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